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Oil prices rise amid supply cuts

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, pushed up by supply cuts led by producer club, OPEC, and U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, although concerns about a potential...

Breaking: Court orders INEC to conduct supplementary poll in Adamawa

The Adamawa State High Court which gave an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the state supplementary governorship...

Four dead as boat with 15 migrants sinks

Three women and an infant were killed on Tuesday after a boat carrying 15 migrants sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s western coast, the Turkish coastguard said. The...

Updated: Sen. Bala Mohammed of PDP emerges new gov of Bauchi

Sen.Bala Mohammed of  the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)  has emerged the new governor of Bauchi state, polling 515,113 votes to defeats the incumbent,  Alhaji...

What happened in 8th Senate regrettable – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has frowned at some actions and decisions of the 8th National Assembly, saying such activities remain regrettable. The president, who made...

Cristiano Ronaldo suffers hamstring injury

Cristiano Ronaldo says he expects to return to action in one or two weeks as he does not think his recent injury is overly serious. The injury had forced him out of...

Allocation of oil blocks to individuals illegal, Falana tells Buhari

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to allocate oil blocks to “a select group of private...

AFCON 2019: We dedicate qualification to God, Tanzanians — Amuneke

Emmanuel Amuneke, coach of the Tanzanian national team, says the team is grateful to God for their qualifying for the finals of the African Cup of Nations after 39...

9th NASS: APC will not share power with PDP – Oshiomhole

  The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed that the party will not allow a non member of its coucus in the National...

Three Burundi teenage girls jailed for defacing portrait of president

  Three teenage schoolgirls in Burundi have been sent to prison to await trial for scribbling on a picture of President Pierre Nkurunziza in textbooks. The girls,...